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2005 BUSINESS CONTINUITY NEWS

Basel Committee publishes consultation paper on ‘high-level principles for business continuity’
The principles promote a ‘common base level of resilience across national boundaries’.
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•Date: 22nd Dec 2005 • Region: World • Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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Warning issued about Al Qaeda plans to target American interests in China
DEBKA warns about Al Qaeda activities in China, but Control Risks plays down the threat.
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•Date: 16th Dec 2005 • Region: SE Asia / US • Type: Article •Topic: Warnings
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MAS releases semi-annual financial stability review
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has published its Financial Stability Review for December 2005. Since the June 2005 FSR, global financial markets have remained resilient and have reacted well to a series of shocks, including the Katrina hurricane disaster in the US, terrorist bombings in London, and changes in the pegged exchange rate regimes in China and Malaysia. The Singapore banking sector has remained sound. Read the document
•Date: 1st Dec 2005 •Region: SE Asia •Type: Briefing•Topic:Financial sector BC
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HP opens second Singapore business recovery facility
Hewlett-Packard has officially opened its second business recovery facility in Singapore. The 10,000 square feet centre can service up to 100 regional subscribers and offers both workarea and IT recovery services.
•Date: 17th Nov 2005 •Region: SE Asia •Type: Briefing•Topic: Recovery facilities
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Continuity Central pandemic planning survey results
The vast majority of business continuity managers believe that it is important that pandemic impacts are covered by BCPs - however levels of preparation vary greatly from sector to sector.
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•Date: 11th Nov 2005 •Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Basel II developments
The latest Basel II news from Australia, Hong Kong and the United States.
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•Date: 4th October 2005 • Region: Various • Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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Singapore Technical Reference for business continuity
New business continuity guidelines are being launched today in Singapore.
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•Date: 22nd September 2005 • Region: SE Asia • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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BCI and DRII undertaking joint business continuity Professional Practices review
Revised Professional Practices document to be published in March 2006.
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•Date: 20th September 2005 • Region: Various • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Addressing business continuity during mergers or acquisitions
Companies that are preparing for a corporate merger or acquisition will need to address some formidable and distinctive BC challenges.
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•Date: 21st July 2005 •Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Disaster recovery for Asian firms' treasury operations explored
Survey finds that companies in Taiwan and Hong Kong appear to be the best prepared for a potential disaster; those in China are the least prepared.
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•Date: 22nd June 2005 • Region: Various • Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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The testing conundrum…
A consistent result of business continuity research is a general lack of commitment to testing and exercising plans. Why is this the case? David Honour explores.
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•Date: 10th June 2005 •Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Testing and exercising
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Monetary Authority of Singapore publishes its latest Financial Stability Review
The Financial Stability Review analyses the risks and vulnerabilities arising from developments in Singapore and the global economy and assesses their implications for the soundness and stability of the financial system. Download June’s FSR.
•Date: 8th June 2005 • Region: SE Asia • Type: Briefing •Topic: Financial sector
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Gartner issues supply chain continuity warning
Unstable relations between China and Japan mean that enterprises should develop contingency plans for reducing dependency on products and services from the region, says Gartner.
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•Date: 27th May 2005 • Region: SE Asia / Asia Pac • Type: Article •Topic: Warnings
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Grenada situation provides wide-area disaster recovery lessons
Earlier this week the United Nations highlighted the continued disaster recovery struggle taking place in Grenada following last year’s Hurricane Ivan. David Honour highlights the lessons that the business continuity profession can learn from the situation in the Caribbean island.
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•Date: 6th May 2005 •Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Is climate change a business continuity issue?
Whatever the cause, most scientists agree that climate change is taking place. David Honour asks what the implications are for business continuity managers.
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•Date: 22nd April 2005 •Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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UK Foreign Office issues Philippines terrorism warning
Terrorists are in the final stages of planning an attack.
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•Date: 23rd March 2005 • Region: UK/SE Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Warnings
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ShaoLin Microsystems announces next generation disaster recovery solution
Hong Kong based ShaoLin Microsystems has announced a new release of its Linux disaster recovery solution - ShaoLin InfiniCluster and ShaoLin Volume Replicator. This offers an enterprise-class fault-tolerant solution with several unique features. Read press release
•Date: 22nd March 2005 • Region: N.America •Type: Briefing •Topic: IT continuity
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BCI announces International National Rehearsal Day
The Business Continuity Institute is asking all governments and enterprises to use 19th March 2006 as a focal point for BC rehearsals.
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•Date: 18th March 2005 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC testing and exercising
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Business continuity awareness raising: taking it to the next level
Various statistical and anecdotal evidence points to an increase in the awareness of business continuity, but how do we take this further? David Honour comments.
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•Date: 15th March 2005 •Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Take a holistic approach to security and business continuity IDC advises Asian businesses
Building a secure, reliable and resilient IT infrastructure is only one facet of business continuity.
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•Date: 11th March 2005 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Singaporean educational institution develops Business Continuity Lab
Provide a hands-on test architecture for corporations and IT students in Singapore.
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•Date: 3rd March 2005 • Region: SE Asia •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Post-tsunami studies provide lessons for coastal construction resilience
Engineering experts see how buildings and materials fared against walls of water.
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•Date: 1st March 2005 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Buildings and facilities
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IDA has big plans for BC/DR supplier certification standard
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore would like to see its standard adopted worldwide.
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•Date: 22nd February 2005 • Region: SE Asia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Avian Flu a ‘very ominous’ threat
Further mutation could precipitate the worst pandemic in human history, warns CDC's chief influenza scientist.
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•Date: 22nd February 2005 • Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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BCI publishes revised ‘Good Practice in Business Continuity Management’ guidelines
The new guidelines have been extensively rewritten.
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•Date: 8th February 2005 • Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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The ins and outs of workplace recovery
Most companies struggle with workplace recovery strategy - Andrew McCrackan offers some help.
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•Date: 4th February 2005 •Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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Climate change cards put on the table
Climate change is a direct and indirect business continuity threat. Mitigation is possible but only if we all take responsibility.
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•Date: 3rd February 2005 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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World Economic Forum warned about ‘boiling frog’ syndrome
Many companies ‘in denial about the daunting array of risks they face’.
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•Date: 28th January 2005 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Singapore’s Standard for Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Service Providers explored
Dr Goh Moh Heng and Lim Yew Ban have written a paper which examines the implications of Singapore’s new BC suppliers certification standard.
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•Date: 26th January 2005 • Region: SE Asia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Comment: Does the business continuity model start in the wrong place?
Do the standard BC models leave organisations that are developing their first plans vulnerable for too long?
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•Date: 14th January 2005 •Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Nations to meet in Geneva to plan Tsunami disaster recovery
Representatives from more than 80 governments will meet in Geneva to plan a long-term DR effort for the nations most affected by the tsunami crisis.
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•Date: 11th January 2005 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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China plans to integrate disaster warning systems
The Chinese government is to revamp its natural disaster early warning systems. Currently different government departments that are involved in disaster recovery and management have incompatible systems which need to be integrated. http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/28910/story.htm
•Date: 11th January 2005 • Region: SE Asia •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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Communicable diseases: business continuity issues
Continued concern over Avian flu and the threat of a global influenza pandemic make planning for such eventualities a high priority. Jeremy Haworth, MBCI, outlines the lessons he learned during the 2003 SARS crisis.
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•Date: 4th Jan 2005 •Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Tsunami disaster - business continuity experiences
In any disaster it is important that any lessons are learned that can be. Continuity Central is collecting the experiences of business continuity managers from the above disaster to publish at an appropriate future date. If your company was impacted please e-mail us with your experiences
•Date: 2nd Jan 2005 •Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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2004 South East Asia business continuity news archive
2003 South East Asia business continuity news archive